The JJBPod gang takes you wayyy back to 1979, as they visit the seminal "real robot" anime, Mobile Suit Gundam. We also talk about Future Trunks, the devil dog from Chainsaw Man, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, real robot vs. super robot, and World War I.

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We watched the overlooked and strangely-named Spring 2021 anime, Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-, on the podcast this week. We also talk about the nothing JoJo announcement at Anime Expo, goth kids, Chuli the chihuahua, Nia Long, and sepak takraw.

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All kids out of the pool, it's time for an anime about grown-ups! We watched Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku on the podcast this week, and we get into a fierce(ish) debate on whether people should or should not date in the workplace. We also talk about the upcoming Anime Expo Lite, normie otaku, fujoshi, Genshiken, and dating in the workplace.

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[Skip to 37:40 to get to proper Trese talk]

We go south of the anime motherland this week, as we look at Filipino-mythology-inspired show, Trese (Episodes 1-3). We also talk about the pin-pen merger, psychopomps, trans culture in the Philippines, and by popular demand, local New Jersey transit.

It's time to take a look at another Watanabe joint, as this week we watched 2014's Terror in Resonance, Episodes 1-3. You can skip to like 30 minutes in if you don't care about us reading emails. We also talk about Wet Hot American Summer, cicadas, Jolt Cola, Sigur Ros, 9/11, and The Olive Garden. Lots of 2000s era talk, eh?

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Another flashback this week, as we hop into the 2006, Hot Topic-esque anime, Death Note. We also talk about St. Mark's Place, cultural identity, Dexter, Falling Down, and what "writing" is. 

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Thanks to a Patreon supporter, we hop in a time machine to see a hugely popular show we missed in 2006, Code Geass. We also talk about the word "clump," Resident Evil VIIIage, Mexican-American films, "total war," and the meaning of "banzai."

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[Minor spoilers for Neon Genesis Evangelion in this episode]

We actually finished a series this week! It's the back half of the 1988 GunBuster OVA, episodes 4-6. Top recommendation for this show if you like retro mecha anime, Evangelion, or both. We also talk about the passing of Kentaro Miura, Voices of a Distant Star, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise, and The Sizzler restaurant chain.

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Back in modern times, we check out track-and-field anime Run with the Wind this week on JJBPod. We also talk about new anime EX-ARM, what counts as a sport, The Olympics, the meaning of the word "unfurl," Terrace House, and yacht rock.

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Go to 33:20 to skip email readings.

Still on our retro anime streak, this episode is about the first three episodes of ur-Evangelion anime, Gunbuster! If you're an Evangelion fan you need to track this down. You can find it in OG-awful quality on YouTube, or look deeper for better versions. No idea why this was never released outside of Japan. We also talk about Darren Aronofsky, MUGEN, The Criterion Collection, Interstellar, and why ugly anime characters are mean.

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